Qinhuangdao climate

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Qinhuangdao is warmest in July, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -9.0 °C. July is the wettest month (182 mm) and January the driest (3.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Qinhuangdao averages 648 mm of rain, 97 days above 25 °C and 127 days below freezing.

China · population 759,718 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 28 °C
Coldest month January -9.0 °C
Driest month January 3 mm
Wettest month July 182 mm
Least cloud December 28 % cloud
Hottest on record June 39 °C
Coldest on record January -24 °C
Warmest sea August 25 °C

What to expectQinhuangdao through the year

Qinhuangdao has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -0.2 °C in January to 28 °C in July, a swing of 30 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 97 days a year reach 25 °C, 16 of them reach 30 °C, 127 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. July averages 182 mm against 3 mm in January — 57 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Qinhuangdao is warmest in August at 25 °C and coldest in February at 0.8 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-0.2 °C	3 mm	29 %
February	3.2 °C	6 mm	34 %
March	8.9 °C	13 mm	39 %
April	16.1 °C	31 mm	44 %
May	22.3 °C	50 mm	49 %
June	26.1 °C	96 mm	59 %
July	28.4 °C	182 mm	61 %
August	28.0 °C	163 mm	56 %
September	24.3 °C	49 mm	44 %
October	17.5 °C	35 mm	35 %
November	8.3 °C	16 mm	32 %
December	1.7 °C	5 mm	28 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-0.2 °C	-9.0 °C	-4.7 °C	8.7 °C	-24.1 °C	0	0	31
February	3.2 °C	-5.8 °C	-1.6 °C	14.3 °C	-22.9 °C	0	0	28
March	8.9 °C	-0.9 °C	3.7 °C	23.6 °C	-10.6 °C	0	0	20
April	16.1 °C	5.9 °C	10.8 °C	31.7 °C	-3.4 °C	0	0	2
May	22.3 °C	12.8 °C	17.5 °C	33.8 °C	3.9 °C	8	1	0
June	26.1 °C	18.3 °C	22.1 °C	39.0 °C	9.5 °C	19	3	0
July	28.4 °C	22.2 °C	25.2 °C	36.7 °C	16.6 °C	29	8	0
August	28.0 °C	21.5 °C	24.7 °C	34.8 °C	14.3 °C	28	5	0
September	24.3 °C	16.3 °C	20.2 °C	32.3 °C	7.4 °C	13	0	0
October	17.5 °C	8.6 °C	12.9 °C	27.9 °C	-2.6 °C	0	0	0
November	8.3 °C	0.1 °C	4.0 °C	20.0 °C	-10.8 °C	0	0	16
December	1.7 °C	-6.2 °C	-2.5 °C	11.4 °C	-18.0 °C	0	0	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	3 mm	1	9.7 h/day	29 %	49 %	14 km/h	2.1 °C
February	6 mm	1	11 h/day	34 %	51 %	16 km/h	0.8 °C
March	13 mm	3	12 h/day	39 %	54 %	17 km/h	2.7 °C
April	31 mm	5	13 h/day	44 %	56 %	18 km/h	7.0 °C
May	50 mm	6	14 h/day	49 %	61 %	18 km/h	12.9 °C
June	96 mm	10	15 h/day	59 %	73 %	15 km/h	18.9 °C
July	182 mm	13	15 h/day	61 %	82 %	14 km/h	23.5 °C
August	163 mm	13	14 h/day	56 %	80 %	14 km/h	25.1 °C
September	49 mm	7	12 h/day	44 %	70 %	15 km/h	22.9 °C
October	35 mm	5	11 h/day	35 %	61 %	16 km/h	18.0 °C
November	16 mm	3	10.0 h/day	32 %	57 %	16 km/h	12.2 °C
December	5 mm	1	9.4 h/day	28 %	50 %	14 km/h	6.3 °C

How Qinhuangdao compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Qinhuangdao	28 °C	-9.0 °C	648 mm	97
Tangshan · China	31 °C	-8.3 °C	647 mm	130
Huludao · China	28 °C	-10 °C	555 mm	92
Lianshan · China	28 °C	-9.8 °C	555 mm	83
Nanpiao · China	30 °C	-12 °C	564 mm	112
Chengde · China	29 °C	-12 °C	575 mm	105
Jinzhou · China	29 °C	-11 °C	585 mm	99

Where Qinhuangdao ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in May	2ndof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in May	29thof 50	96/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	48thof 50	85/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Qinhuangdao.

QuestionsCommon questions about Qinhuangdao’s climate

When is the best time to visit Qinhuangdao?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Qinhuangdao get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 16 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -9.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 127 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Qinhuangdao?

July, averaging 182 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is January with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 648 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Qinhuangdao rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.